fathomless

Examples

• All

• That fathomless joy that we're looking for and all those outward experiences can be found within ourselves.

• We live on the edge of a fathomless dark sea.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The rough face was calm, and the dark eyes were fathomless.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A look into the fathomless depths of the soul.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Everything here reinforced the fathomless depth of time.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I think of his intense, accomplished wife and sense the fathomless emptiness between them.

  Fiction book (1990)

• My voice sounds distant, as if I'm speaking through a chamber, an immeasurable chasm, a fathomless void.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Geula laughed out loud, but her laughter was full of pain, desperation, and fear of the fathomless dark depths of the water.

  Fiction book (1998)

• It's a contemplation of what Whitman calls the fathomless, sure and winding arms of cool and folding death.

• Then she shrugged, shot Lily Sheldon a long fathomless look, pocketed her tablet, and walked out.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

D

deep

vsfathomless

583 7.6

Hard to understand or explain

emphasizes such great magnitude that it cannot be measured

U

untold

vsfathomless

52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

emphasizes extreme number or amount and also unreadable depth

B

boundless

vsfathomless

27 5.0

Having no limit in size or amount

focuses more on limitless reach while also suggesting great depth

U

unfathomable

vsfathomless

23 8.6

Very hard to understand or measure how deep something is

emphasizes both great depth and lack of full understanding

B

bottomless

vsfathomless

19 4.9

So large that it seems to have no limit

focuses more on endlessness while also implying incomprehensible depth

U

unknowable

vsfathomless

19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

adds a physical or metaphorical depth that resists full measurement

I

immeasurable

vsfathomless

14 5.5

So large or great you cannot say how big

adds that this size also makes full understanding impossible

I

incalculable

vsfathomless

13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

shifts focus to extreme size while still implying incomprehensibility

I

inscrutable

vsfathomless

12 8.9

Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling

adds a sense of great size or depth beyond mere mystery

P

profound

vsfathomless

10 6.2

Very deep and extending far down

stresses the idea of depth plus being beyond full comprehension

I

ineffable

vsfathomless

• Formal

8 9.5

So great that words cannot describe it

keeps the idea of great size but not only indescribability

I

indefinable

vsfathomless

4 6.9

Hard to describe or explain in words

adds the sense of vast depth that resists full measurement

I

inestimable

vsfathomless

3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

keeps that vastness but also suggests inability to fully grasp it

U

undefinable

vsfathomless

3 6.8

Hard to describe exactly in words

also points to extreme depth or greatness beyond description

U

unmeasurable

vsfathomless

1 6.2

Too large or without clear limits to say how big it is

includes that this lack of measure also limits full comprehension

M

measureless

vsfathomless

• Literature

1 7.5

Very large in size or number with no clear limit

focuses more on immeasurable size while also suggesting mystery

U

unfathomed

vsfathomless

1 9.9

Too deep or mysterious to understand

highlights both immeasurable size and being hard to understand

A

abyssal

vsfathomless

1 9.8

Very deep and hard to understand or imagine

includes the same vast depth and being too deep to grasp

D

depthless

vsfathomless

1 7.2

So far down that it seems to have no bottom, like an ocean or someone's eyes

adds the idea that this depth cannot be fully understood

I

incognoscible

vsfathomless

• Archaic

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

also stresses great depth or size beyond comprehension

I

immensurable

vsfathomless

9.9

Too great to measure

adds the idea that its magnitude also prevents full understanding

N

nonmeasurable

vsfathomless

7.2

You cannot give a number or amount for it

adds that its depth or greatness also makes it hard to understand

Antonyms

M

measurable

41 3.7

Possible to find how much or how big something is

How Deep

fathomless

2 8.6

profound

159 5.3

deep

332 1.0

shallow

14 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology